editors: John Crowley, Donal Ó Drisceoil, and Mike Murphy ; associate editor: John Borgonovo ; graphics editor: Nick Hogan ; associate cartographer/researcher: Charles Roche ; researcher: Héléne O'Keeffe
edited by Brigitte Lardinois and Val Williams ; introduction by John Banville ; with essays by Anthony Cronin, Nuala O'Faolain, Eamonn McCann, Fintan O'Toole, Colm Tóibín, Anne Enright, Kevin Barry